Redirect output of CLI command

[bxtreme241]

I haven't purchased the Pro version of HWInfo yet, but from what I've read, it would allow me to use a CLI command to output a report to a file. Before making the purchase, I would like to know two things:

1. Can the output of this command be directed elsewhere? I am trying to send the data to an ESP32 via USB serial port.
2. Is the CLI version of HWInfo more taxing on system resources than using the GUI? I'd assume it would be about the same.

 

[Martin]

1. HWiNFO saves the report into a file. It's then up to you how you treat it - there are certainly some scripts or tools that can redirect it.
2. There should be no difference in resource usage.

See here further details about CLI parameters:

FEATURE Thread 'Supported Command-line parameters in HWiNFO64 Pro'

Dec 12, 2022

Here's the list of currently supported command-line parameters in HWiNFO64 Pro.
This interface is available only in the licensed version (HWiNFO64 Pro).

Usage: HWiNFO64 [-r|-c|-x|-h|-m|-l][LOG_FILENAME]

         Automatically create a hardware-snapshot report file:
         -r   Create Text Report File
         -c   Create Comma-delimited Report File (CSV)
         -x   Create XML Report File
         -h   Create HTML Report File
         -m   Create MHTML Report File
         Additional report parameters:
         -utf8  Use UTF-8 encoding (otherwise ANSI per current locale)...

• Martin
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• Forum: General Discussion

 

[bxtreme241]

I'm basically trying to display live metrics for CPU temp, GPU temp, etc. I was hoping to do this at a poling rate of 1 second. Doing file IO every second my PC is active seems like a bad idea.

Is there any way you could add a feature to add additional output options? Even if it just spits the results out to console, I could capture that in my script and redirect it to the com port.

Also, I understand that you're supporting this entire project and there are many more pressing issues. But I think this would be a great addition

 

[Martin]

For such purposes is this ideal, but it might require some programming skills:

https://www.hwinfo.com/forum/forums/shared-memory-interface.13/

 

[bxtreme241]

Yes, that's exactly what I wanted! Thank you.